As the season winds to a close, things are really starting to heat up. What are your plans this weekend?

Whether closing the season or beginning – as will be the case in September – The Kaplan New Works series has become a mainstay for Cincinnati Ballet. This year it has grown to 14 performances, incorporating three world premieres and one U.S. premiere. Artistic director Victoria Morgan has assembled an all-women roster of choreographers. Morgan will present a world premiere of her own along with new works from newly named resident choreographer Jennifer Archibald, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Cincinnati’s own Heather Britt.

This multimedia dance work fuses body, space, and 64 robotic percussion instruments into a dynamic choreographic sound installation. From Melbourne, Australia, Antony Hamilton is director and choreographer. Alisdair Macindoe designed and built the instruments and composed the soundtrack. They both perform “a dance duet where the choreographic language, with numbers corresponding to gestures and movements, is precise yet random.”

“Vigorous” is a series of film shorts curated by Dayton-based, DAAP-trained video/sound/intermedia artist Tess Cortes.

“The Fits” involves 11-year-old tomboy Toni. While training at the gym, she becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.

Nearly 180 singers, grades 2-8, representing more than 10 area school districts, will be led by three well-known Cincinnati conductors: Dr. Eva Floyd from the University Of Cincinnati College-Conservatory Of Music, KellyAnn Nelson, associate artistic director of the Cincinnati Boy Choir and Chelsey Sweatman, director of choirs at Bridgetown Middle School. The festival concludes with a free, joint concert.

Multi-platinum international music group Celtic Woman previews its upcoming album in a show featuring new stage designs, wardrobes, choreography and arrangements of Irish traditional and contemporary standards.

“Das Lied von der Erde” (Song of the Earth) is essentially a symphonic song cycle, written in 1909, with alternating songs for alto and tenor. The CSO has engaged two of the finest singers anywhere: the velvety-voiced Kelley O’Connor and stentorian Stuart Skelton. This music emanates from one of the most painful periods in Mahler’s life, resulting in what Leonard Bernstein called the composer’s “greatest symphony.”

Keyboardist Michael Unger is one of the true musical treasures in Cincinnati. Seemingly everywhere, he is in constant demand by Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Catacoustic Consort, Vocal Arts Ensemble and Collegium Cincinnati, among others. Now you can hear him in recital, and at the same time experience the beauty of Plum Street Temple, a National Historic Landmark. A proverbial two birds of civic treasures.

Some of the hottest chamber musicians anywhere come to Cincinnati for a single performance of piano quartets by Turina (1931), Chausson (1998), and Fauré (1986). Tickets are often tight, so book this early. One of the most satisfying concert venues in the region.

A very special opportunity to immerse yourself in the artistry of an outstanding pianist and his passion for a uniquely American composer. Through performances and storytelling, Himy takes you beyond the notes for a look into the world of Gershwin and those who influenced his music. Wednesday showcases the music of Gershwin, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, and Ibert. Thursday morning’s program includes Gershwin, Ravel, and Debussy.

Rafael D’Acha and Kimberly Daniel close their season with a celebration of 450 years of music inspired by Shakespeare. The performers are some of CCM’s most talented singers and instrumentalists, and the setting in one of the great homes in Cincinnati, the former Emery family mansion built in 1928 on what was then 1,200 acres.

This is the inaugural production of CCM Drama’s new play-commissioning initiative. According to the CCM website, these are “plays that speak to the unique experience of being young in America; plays that are written for and about our students.” The action occurs one year after the death of a mutual friend who was murdered in India, while the survivors were blithely safe and sound back in the U.S.

The final show in the Marx Theatre season is a slapstick adaptation of Holmes’ most famous mystery, silly and savvy all at the same time. Sure to bring a crowd-pleasing conclusion to a satisfying season of major shows.

Sondheim’s adult mishmash of fairy tales cruises along just fine, until someone gets greedy for some beans. Then everything crashes down, literally, and the hard lessons of life emerge. Smart, funny, poignant, tragic, plus some really great music to boot. That’s Sondheim for ya… With Meyers, artistic director of Ensemble Theatre, at the helm, this could be a very good student show.

Saturday, April 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. International Sculpture Day Celebration.

Did you know sculpture has its very own day? It is held worldwide, each April, to advance “the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society.” Who knew? Malton owner Sylvia Rombis presents a talk and tour, 3 p.m.